Gnatcatcher?

["miles2go" <9gturns at xmission dot com>]

Nancy (my non-birding tolerant sweetie) and I set out for Red Butte 
Botanical Gardens today to do some plant scouting for the yard as well 
as to get in a little hike on their trails for exercise. Naturally for 
the additional carb burning effect I opted to carry along the D70 and 
three pound 100-300mm lens. Of the few chances I got to glance around I 
was able to snag a couple of images that I'll be putting on my PBase 
image hosting pages.

Here's one that I need a little help confirming the ID on:
http://members.roadfly.com/canyonlands/bggnat.jpg

It looks like a female Blue-gray Gnatcatcher to me. She was quite a 
ways out and through a lot of tree branches which cut down on the light 
available for the lens. It was taken handheld at 300mm with a shutter 
speed of only 1/125th. Is this shot good enough for a positive ID?

Thanks for your help.

The second shot I'm posting to PBase is another long distance image but 
of a Western Tanager. (Link under my sig line.)

For those that haven't been, Red Butte Gardens is a nice place to go 
with your camera and/or binocs. Membership is $30 per year which gets 
you into hundreds of other botanical gardens across the country. One 
day's entrance fee for non-members is $5. For more info...
http://www.redbuttegarden.org/

For those of you that think your job is tough, check out the second 
link given below and take a look at our last "vacation".  : )


Cheers,

Ron
South Ogden
http://www.pbase.com/canyonlands/galleries
http://miles2go.crazyguyonabike.com/ 

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